Hi Alton,
Thank you so much for the photos! Much appreciated. I am forwarding your e-mail to our e-mail list. Thank you also for spending time with us; it is always good for our group to listen to points of view outside our own little circle.
I took your comment regarding the branding and the speakers to heart, and this morning I shared those thoughts with our members. I hope the new ExCom coming up in January will give both topics their consideration.
I e-mailed Rob Power, the immediate past LPSF Chair who recently moved to New York. He said he did briefly visit your group when he arrived in N.Y., but is still busy settling down preventing him from becoming too involved.
Best regards,
Marcy
Dear Alton,
It was very good to have met you and get your refreshing ideas for
revitalizing the LPSF. Your Plan B sounds fine. Thanks.
For the record: I arrived in SF on 12/31/1990; I often fast for 22 hours; I
left Brooklyn to escape their hot, humid summers and the cold, icy winters.
Warm regards, Michael
Hi Alton,
Ouch. So sorry about your injury, as you related it to Michael. Personally, I believe it was the spirit of the SF homeless coming to get you.
After your brief talk with Mayor Lee (yes, he got elected), you understand what we San Franciscans have to contend with. Just one insane proposal after another.
You asked whether we at LPSF discuss the housing situation (and earlier you inquired about what our response is to the homeless). Your questions gratefully serve to remind us that we at LPSF have quietly allowed the opposition (socialists) to define, and thus devise "solutions" to, the City's challenges. We need to become more involved in the San Francisco political scene.
Regards,
Marcy
Dear Alton,
I appreciate your thoughtful email.
My comments:
1. I'm sorry to hear due to the city's negligence you hurt your ankle. I
feel for you, especially since I suffered a serious knee injury in Sept. due
to our city's incompetence. I guess I could sue them for millions, but I do
not deem it worth my time, energy, and aggravation.
2. If you could email us a sample agenda from one of your meetings, this may
help us shrink our business section down to 30 minutes.
3. Research evidence supports the notion that both calorie restriction with
optimal nutrition (CRON) and/or brief fasting improves health. One theory
maintains as a result of these interventions, our cells switch from
reproductive mode to repair mode. What evidence does your internist offer
for her contrary view? I'd love to see it.
4. Albert Ellis devised Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) in 1955. It
spawned the various cognitive-behavior therapies (CBT) which appeared in the
60's and later. Aaron Beck and David Burns are two of the major popularizers
of CBT, which they modeled on REBT.
5. It's true many traditional therapies are unhelpful with addictions.
However REBT and CBT are successful. The reason is simple: When an addicted
individual learns to think like a non-addicted person, he no longer acts
addictively. REBT and CBT focus directly on this dysfunctional thinking and
teaches powerful strategies to change it.
6. Based on my 30 years experience as an addiction therapist, it' s my view
that cigarette smoking is the most harmful of all addictions in terms of
health and difficulty in quitting. Overeating and unhealthful eating is
second.
7. What do you mean by "faddish?" REBT/CBT have gained ever-increasing
popularity since 1955, while the traditional therapies have been fading.
Warm regards, Michael